Giambattista Bodoni of Italy

Born: Saluzzo, Piedmont, 1740
Died: Parma, 1813

Italian punchcutter, typefounder and printer of Parma, admirer of Baskerville. He led in the development of the letterform we call ‘modern’ or ‘didone’, in the last years of the eighteenth century.

Fonts by Giambattista Bodoni

Bodoni, Bodoni, TS Bodoni, Bodoni, Bodoni, LTC Bodoni 26, LTC Bodoni 175, LTC Bodoni Bold, Bodoni Classico, Bodoni Stencil, Bauer Bodoni, Bauer Bodoni, Bauer Bodoni, Bauer Bodoni EF, ITC Bodoni Six, ITC Bodoni Twelve, ITC Bodoni Seventy-Two, Linotype Gianotten

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Activities

  Type Design
  Typography
  Punchcutting
  Printing
  Publishing
  Engraving

Related Links

 • Comune di Parma: Museo Bodoniano (Italian)
 • Linotype Library Designers: Giambattista Bodoni
 • Nicholas Fabian: The father of modern type - Giambattista Bodoni
 • Octavo: Giambattista Bodoni's Manuale Tipografico, by David Pankow
 • Unos tipos duros: Giambattista Bodoni (Spanish)
 • x-height: Bodoni, by Dave Farey
 • Graphion: Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813)
 • Infoplease: Giambattista Bodoni

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